Tuesday August 24, 2004

X10: 1 Erik: 0

So in a previous entry I mentioned my triumph over an X10 appliance module by cutting a trace on the circuit board to disable local control, thereby allowing the module to control a florescent light for a fish tank. I did my testing in the daylight, and thought everything was A-OK. Wrong. One late night last week while stumbling around the darkened house, I noticed a strange flash coming from the fish tank area. It was periodic, every couple of seconds. Further investigation revealed it was indeed the tank light and I'd just subjected the fish to a week of light torture. I mostly don't feel that bad for fish, but that periodic flashing all night for days on end couldn't be good for the light or the fish. So I gave up. I found a Christmas light timer to replace the appliance module, and now it just turns on and off on a mechanical switch. Phooey.

-ejo

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